Three Yiddish Plays by Women: Female Jewish Perspectives, 1880-1920 by Dr Alyssa

Description: Three Yiddish Plays by Women by Dr Alyssa Quint This is an unprecedented collection of three newly translated Yiddish plays written by women in the period from 1880 to 1920. Taken together, these plays provide a fascinating insight into female Jewish perspectives on a range of womens issues prevalent at the time and, in some cases, still prevalent today. The works explore topics such as the Jewish law of the chained widow, pregnancy out of wedlock, and birth control, amongst many others.Three Yiddish Plays by Women includes an incisive contextual introduction which provides historical context for each individual work, summaries and discussion of the texts and stage histories for two of the three that have them. The introduction offers biographical information about each playwright and looks at what ambit they were each active in, taking into consideration gender norms. It also engages an array of recent sources and angles on intersecting questions of theater and gender in a landmark volume of vital significance to students of womens history, modern Jewish history, cultural history and theatre history. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Alyssa Quint is a writer based in New York City, USA. She is a Visiting Fellow at Yeshiva University, USA and Associate Editor at Tablet Magazine. She is the author of The Rise of the Modern Yiddish Theater (2019), a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award and a finalist for the Jordan Schnitzer Award. She is also the editor of two forthcoming volumes on the Yiddish theater - Women on the Yiddish Stage and Avrom Goldfadens Shulamis: a Critical Edition. She is a contributing editor of the online Digital Yiddish Theater Project and a curator of a number of exhibits at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research where she served as senior scholar for many years. Table of Contents Introduction - Alyssa Quint, Yeshiva University, USA1. The Chained Widow (Di agune) by Maria Lerner, translated by Elya Piazza2. One of Those (Eyne fun yene) by Paula Prilutski, translated by Allen Lewis Rickman3. Sonya Itselson by Lena Brown, translated by Miro MniewskiIndex Promotional A collection of three plays penned in Yiddish by women and about womens issues now available in English for the first time with a contextual introduction. Details ISBN135032101X Short Title Three Yiddish Plays by Women Language English Year 2023 ISBN-10 135032101X ISBN-13 9781350321014 Format Paperback Imprint Bloomsbury Academic Subtitle Female Jewish Perspectives, 1880-1920 Author Dr Alyssa Quint Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations 10 bw illus NZ Release Date 2023-11-16 UK Release Date 2023-11-16 Series Yiddish Voices Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Publication Date 2023-11-16 Edited by Alyssa Quint Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Pages 280 AU Release Date 2024-01-10 DEWEY 839.1230809287 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:151661872;

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